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<center><h3> Orchestral manoeuvres </h3></center> | <center><h3> Orchestral manoeuvres </h3></center> | ||
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<center> Allan Jones </center> | <center> Allan Jones </center> | ||
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''' Elvis Costello & The Attractions <br> | |||
Royal Albert Hall, London | |||
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Intimidating, stiffly impersonal, the Albert Hall is hardly suitable for the kind of intimate intercourse between musician and audience that generates great rock 'n' roll. | Intimidating, stiffly impersonal, the Albert Hall is hardly suitable for the kind of intimate intercourse between musician and audience that generates great rock 'n' roll. | ||
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Clearly relishing the lush support of the orchestra, Costello's voice raided every emotional avenue on its way to the heart. Prefaced by nervously swirling strings, a new song called "Town Crier" exhausted the Kleenex supply and only an abrupt ending saved Sheehan's syrup from an early shower. | Clearly relishing the lush support of the orchestra, Costello's voice raided every emotional avenue on its way to the heart. Prefaced by nervously swirling strings, a new song called "Town Crier" exhausted the Kleenex supply and only an abrupt ending saved Sheehan's syrup from an early shower. | ||
Listening to the tempered anguish of "Alison" and "I'm Your Toy" was like coming to grips with a fistful of tears, while the final flourish of "What's So Funny About Peace, Love And Understanding" brought a lump the size of Belgium to the old throat | Listening to the tempered anguish of "Alison" and "I'm Your Toy" was like coming to grips with a fistful of tears, while the final flourish of "What's So Funny About Peace, Love And Understanding" brought a lump the size of Belgium to the old throat. | ||
I could have danced all night. | I could have danced all night. | ||
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<small>Photo by [[Tom Sheehan]].</small> | <small>Photo by [[Tom Sheehan]].</small> | ||
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<br><small>Photos by [[Tom Sheehan]].</small> | <br><small>Photos by [[Tom Sheehan]].</small> | ||
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<center><h3> El at the Opry </h3></center> | <center><h3> El at the Opry </h3></center> | ||
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Pardon our blushes, but contrary to last week's ''FF'' [[Melody Maker, January 9, 1982|story]] about Elvis Costello not playing Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, we'd now like to confirm that the Greatest Living Englishman ''did'' appear at the aforesaid venue on January 3. | Pardon our blushes, but contrary to last week's ''FF'' [[Melody Maker, January 9, 1982|story]] about Elvis Costello not playing Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, we'd now like to confirm that the Greatest Living Englishman ''did'' appear at the aforesaid venue on January 3. | ||
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The day after the Opry concert, Paris tried to track down a copy of ''Almost Blue'' in Conway Twitty's Twitty Bird Record Store on Music Row. Paris was alarmed to discover that Nashville's largest C&W record shop didn't have the LP in stock. The store manager wasn't even aware that Costello had released a country album, hadn't even heard that Elvis had played the Grand Ole Opry. | The day after the Opry concert, Paris tried to track down a copy of ''Almost Blue'' in Conway Twitty's Twitty Bird Record Store on Music Row. Paris was alarmed to discover that Nashville's largest C&W record shop didn't have the LP in stock. The store manager wasn't even aware that Costello had released a country album, hadn't even heard that Elvis had played the Grand Ole Opry. | ||
So much for the Yanks. Back in London | So much for the Yanks. Back in London, El was wowing them at the RAH (see review on page 25). Among the chaps who turned out, we ran into Anthony More, Mr and Mrs [[Chris Difford]], Mr and Mrs Sparko, up from Canvey, former Madness manager, Kellogs (now in charge of P. Hewitt's up and coming faves, TV21). Maddie bassist [[Mark Bedford|Bedders]], most of the UK Wing of the Confederate Air Force, including [[Bobby Irwin]], Brendon, Andrew Lauder, Peter Barnes, [[Nick Lowe|Nick]] and [[Carlene Carter|Carlene]], [[Paul Carrack]], [[Martin Belmont]] and back at last from New York, [[Graham Parker]]. (We were beginning to think he'd gone a bit Jock Ewing and got himself lost in the Interior.) | ||
Confirming his status in the ligging stakes, Bob Geldof re-appeared, having last been sighted at El's Christmas Show in [[Concert 1981-12-24 London|Finsbury Park]]. | Confirming his status in the ligging stakes, Bob Geldof re-appeared, having last been sighted at El's Christmas Show in [[Concert 1981-12-24 London|Finsbury Park]]. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_Maker Wikipedia: Melody Maker] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_Maker Wikipedia: Melody Maker] | ||
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